After the auction ended and Qiu Shui paid the money, the auctioneer suddenly walked up to Qiu Shui.
"Mr. Qiu, our head of the family wants to see you."
Those who originally wanted to take the opportunity to step forward and talk to Qiu Shui stopped after seeing this scene.
The head of the household is Long Wenxiu.
Fang Cheng, who was a few seats away, came to find Qiu Shui when he saw Long Wenxiu so quickly.
I suddenly felt a little regretful.
Qiu Shui glanced at Lou Yuchen and said to him, "Wait for me for a moment."
Lou Yuchen nodded slightly, "Okay, go ahead."
Then Qiu Shui followed the host.
After Qiu Shui left, Lou Yuchen was instantly surrounded by people.
"Mr. Lou, I am the chairman of Tianheng Real Estate Company. I wonder if I would have the honor to invite you and Mr. Qiu to dinner?"
"Mr. Lou, our child is also a professional chess player and a fan of yours. He has a special admiration for you. Do you have time? We would like to invite you and Mr. Qiu to dinner."
"I also like playing Go, and I admire the skills of Mr. Lou and Mr. Qiu. I sincerely hope to play a game with the two gentlemen."
These people had already found out the interests and hobbies of Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen.
Just now in the exhibition hall, many people actually wanted to step forward and say hello to Qiu Shui Lou Yuchen.
However, after seeing that the Lu family angered Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen, and later the Murong family and the Zheng family appeared.
Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen seemed to be in a bad mood.
That's why they didn't come forward.
The auction is now over.
It just so happened that Qiu Shui was asked to leave by Long Wenxiu, leaving Lou Yuchen alone.
They immediately took the opportunity to step forward.
Zhang Jiayun and Ren Yingying on the side immediately blocked those people for Lou Yuchen.
"Mr. Lou, would you mind going to the box in the backyard with me, the old man, and having a cup of tea?"
Mr. Zhang invited Lou Yuchen.
In fact, he also wanted to find a reason to take Lou Yuchen away from the encirclement of the crowd.
"It would be disrespectful to refuse." Lou Yuchen didn't want to be watched by so many people here.
These people are actually targeting Qiu Shui. They wanted to use him to please Qiu Shui.
Lou Yuchen didn't want to stay here, so he left with Grandpa Zhang.
Qiu Shui followed the auctioneer, turning left and right, walking through a long corridor, and came to a yard.
The door of the house in the middle of the yard was open and the lights inside were bright.
There is a screen at the door, and two rows of antique shelves on both sides behind the screen. But what is displayed on the shelves is not antiques. Instead, they are upright pieces of embroidery, either round or square in shape.
In the room, besides Long Wenxiu, there was also a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties.
The middle-aged man was drinking tea with Long Wenxiu. When he saw Qiu Shui coming, he stood up with Long Wenxiu.
The middle-aged man was a head taller than Long Wenxiu, and his eyes were bright and sharp.
He stood tall and straight, with an oppressive aura of a superior.
"Boss Long, the head of the Long family."
Qiu Shui nodded slightly towards the two of them.
The middle-aged man was Long Teng, the current president of Long Teng.
The Longteng brand was founded by Longteng himself using his own name.
After Qiu Shui became a shareholder of Longteng, he received a personnel profile within Longteng.
Among them is the information of President Long Teng.
So, I recognized him at first sight.
Long Teng's eyes were like a scanner. He looked Qiu Shui over in just two seconds after he came in.
The young man in front of me has an elegance and nobility that makes it obvious that he has been carefully cultivated by his family.
Long Teng had seen some of Qiu Shui's previous photos, and compared with the one in front of him, there was a world of difference.
Qiu Shui's change was sudden, starting from when he graduated from university.
It is impossible for a person to change so much in such a short period of time.
So, there is only one possibility.
That is, before graduating from college, the young man in front of him was disguising himself.
This young man is not simple!
"Mr. Qiu is here, please take a seat."
In an instant, Long Wenxiu also looked at Qiu Shui calmly.
Qiu Shui walked directly to the mahogany chair opposite the two of them and sat down without any hesitation.
Because the weather was cold, thick cushions were placed on the chairs.
Sitting on it, it doesn't feel cold.
After Qiu Shui sat down, Long Wenxiu and Long Teng also sat down. Then Long Wenxiu smiled and said, "Mr. Qiu, I don't need to introduce the person next to me to you, right?"
"No need, President Long Teng, of course I know him." Qiu Shui smiled faintly towards Long Teng.
"That's right. Mr. Qiu became a shareholder of our Longteng not long ago. In terms of relationship, Mr. Qiu and I are much closer than you, the head of the Long family."
As he spoke, Long Teng picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of hot tea with rich aroma into the teacup that had been prepared in front of Qiu Shui.
Qiu Shui reached out his hand and tapped lightly three times on the table. Then he picked up the teacup, smelled the tea first, and then took a sip. Finally, feel the sweet aftertaste of the tea as it slides down your throat.
"Golden Rain Dragon Robe." Qiu Shui gently put down the teacup and chuckled, "No wonder I smelled a familiar tea fragrance when I came in."
Long Teng was stunned, "Mr. Qiu has also drunk the Golden Rain Dragon Robe?"
It’s not that Long Teng looked down on Qiu Shui, he also knew that Qiu Shui was from Renwang Mansion.
The main reason is that the Golden Rain Dragon Robe is rare and there is a fixed quantity every year.
Even if one is from a secluded family, it would be very difficult to obtain the Golden Rain Dragon Robe.
Especially this year's Golden Rain Dragon Robe. I heard that half of it was released directly for the new energy project. There isn't much left.
No one knows which lucky guy bought the tea leaves that were released.
The previous Golden Rain Dragon Robe was basically divided up by the higher-ups.
Even the Murong family and the Zheng family could only get a tiny share.
Qiu Shui, a young boy who just returned to Renwang Palace, actually drank the Golden Rain Dragon Robe?
"Yes. I got a few kilograms of it not long ago. This tea tastes very good."
Qiu Shui has a few kilograms of golden rain dragon robe.
It was agreed at the beginning that tea would be given to Bai Xiongying and the other two.
After they took the Lou family’s things back to Qiu Shui.
Qiu Shui fulfilled his promise and gave each of them half a catty.
"Puff," Long Teng almost spit out the tea in his mouth, "How many pounds?"
Long Wenxiu also looked surprised.
The tea they are drinking now was brought out by Long Wenxiu.
This tea is from last year.
After Long Wenxiu got it, he was reluctant to drink it.
It was not until tonight that I was willing to take it out to treat Long Teng and Qiu Shui.
As a result, Qiu Shui asked him how many pounds he had gained?
Long Teng was surprised and asked, "You bought the five-jin golden dragon robe this year, didn't you?"
"Yes." Qiu Shui nodded. It was a gift from the system in a lottery, so it made sense to say that he bought it.
"Then you also bought my golden supercar?"
That golden supercar was Long Teng's favorite, but in order to raise funds, Long Teng had to give it up reluctantly.
Long Teng didn't know who bought his car, after all, the other person was abroad at the time.
I just came back from abroad the day before yesterday.
He only knew that the person who bought the tea was the same person who bought his car.
"Yes, the car is in my hands."
Speaking of the golden supercar, Qiu Shui felt a little distressed.
It wasn’t long after the last time I went racing at the club that the car maintenance team arrived.
As a result, because of that race, the four tires of the car were worn out a lot, so they were replaced.
The maintenance fee, plus the money for four tires, cost Qiu Shui two million in one go.
This car is too expensive to maintain.
"So it's you." Long Teng held his forehead and smiled, "I should have thought of it earlier. You are the only one who can spend so much money to buy these things."
Qiu Shui could only smile, those were all won from the lottery. If it were Qiu Shui himself, he would not be willing to spend so much money to buy tea and a gold supercar.
"I wonder what you two want me to do?"
It was getting late, and Qiu Shui didn't want Lou Yuchen to wait for him too long, so he got straight to the point.
Long Wenxiu said, "Mr. Qiu, do you know the bronze heads of the twelve zodiac animals?"
Qiu Shui said: "Of course I know this."
The bronze heads of the twelve zodiac animals are cast with great precision, and even the hair and wrinkles on the animal heads are clearly visible.
It is a testimony to the last imperial dynasty of China and also a testimony to the peak level of Chinese craftsmanship.
This is an extremely important cultural relic for China.
Unfortunately, because of the war that year, these twelve bronze heads were lost abroad.
Now, only eight pieces have been recovered.
"Mr. Qiu, do you know how many of the twelve zodiac bronze heads are still missing?" Long Wenxiu continued to ask.
"Now, including the dragon head in Taiwan, a total of eight pieces have been found. The whereabouts of the snake head, chicken head, dog head and sheep head are still unknown."
"If you two have anything to say, feel free to speak up." Qiu Shui didn't understand why Long Wenxiu suddenly asked him this.
Since Qiu Shui asked this, Long Wenxiu didn't beat around the bush.
"Mr. Qiu, since you asked this, let's get straight to the point. Two months later, there will be an international auction in the United States. The four bronze heads that are missing from China will appear at that auction. In addition to the four bronze heads, there are many important cultural relics from China that are lost abroad."
"The authorities hope to bring back all the four bronze heads and those important cultural relics."
"Of course." Qiu Shui was puzzled. "But what does this have to do with me? Since those important cultural relics appeared at the auction, can't the authorities just find someone to buy them back?"
“Uh…” Seeing that Qiu Shui didn’t seem to understand, Long Wenxiu looked at Long Teng.
Long Teng said directly to Qiu Shui: "The authorities have already sent someone to discuss it. But the US officials are unwilling to negotiate with us. They said that it was a private auction. They have no right to interfere. They only said that if you want something, you must buy it at the auction. Nothing else is negotiable."
"They want to make a fortune?" Qiu Shui understood the purpose of the United States as soon as he heard it.
If it is an official negotiation, the price will definitely not be too high.
But if you put it at an auction and the auction company finds a few agents to sell it to you, the price could increase several times.
The US government has made a good calculation!
Long Teng gritted his teeth and said, "That's right. They know that we care about those cultural relics. So, they want to use those cultural relics to make a fortune from us Chinese people."
"Even so, we still have to buy what we need. But these matters should be handled by the authorities. Why are you telling me this?"
Qiu Shui felt that he was just an ordinary person and these things didn't seem to have anything to do with him.
Why did Long Wenxiu and Long Teng come to tell him this tonight?
Long Wenxiu said: "I have already said that the auction is a private auction. If you don't get an invitation letter, you can't participate in the auction."
Qiu Shui was stunned and understood something instantly.
He first looked at Long Wenxiu, then at Long Teng, "You didn't get an invitation?"
What a joke.
Longxiu and Longteng are among the top five companies in China.
As the manager of these two companies, how could it be possible that he couldn't get an invitation to a small auction.
Long Wenxiu and Long Teng's faces darkened.
After a while, Long Teng snorted coldly and said, "Not long ago, there was some friction between our official and American official sides. Now our Chinese official people are not suitable to go to the United States."
After hearing Long Teng's words, Qiu Shui became even more confused.
This official person is not suitable to go, so what does it have to do with Long Wenxiu and Long Teng?
Seeing that his host Erza was still confused, the system could not bear it any longer and reminded him, "Host Erza, they are both official people. The actual owner of the auction is an official from the United States. Of course, it is impossible to invite them. In addition to them, the presidents of the other three companies ranked in the top five in China are also official people."
After hearing what the system said, Qiu Shui understood instantly.
If they were really official, then they would have been invited to the auction. They are not suitable to attend.
After all, there was friction between the Chinese and American officials. That was a sensitive period.
If something unexpected happens while we are there, it will be troublesome.
Qiu Shui suddenly realized, and said, "You called me here because you want me to attend the auction?"
"Yes, but..." Long Wenxiu looked at Qiu Shui's young face and suddenly hesitated, as if he had something to hide, and stammered.
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly, Head of Long Family." Qiu Shui was puzzled. As the head of Long Xiu Family, why was he beating around the bush when speaking tonight? Hesitant.
Can't you just be direct?
"I'm thick-skinned, let me tell you." Long Teng said directly to Qiu Shui: "Wanting you to participate in the auction is one thing, but the main thing is that our funds are not sufficient. Therefore, you may need to advance the funds for the auction. Of course, don't worry, we will definitely return the money you advance. Even if we can't pay you back in cash, we will pay with something of equal value."
"How much money have you prepared?" Qiu Shui asked.
"50 billion. When it gets closer to the auction, we should be able to raise another 50 billion or so."
After saying these words, Long Teng himself blushed.
After all, they are both well-known wealthy people in the country, but now they have to ask a young man to borrow money. And the amount borrowed is quite a lot.
But in this special period, they really can't come up with so much cash.
50 billion?
Qiu Shui thought of the items auctioned tonight, which totaled 20 billion.
Longteng was selling both cars and stocks before, could it be that it was just to raise funds?
100 billion is a lot of money.
The last bronze head auction was more than ten years ago. At that time, the bronze head was auctioned for 13 million Chinese yuan.
Now that more than a decade has passed, the price must have doubled.
But no matter how much the price is doubled, the four bronze heads cannot be sold for 100 billion.
The fact that 100 billion makes them so lacking in confidence means that there are things among the auction items that are more valuable than the bronze head.
As for what it is, Qiu Shui can check it out himself when he goes back.
"I'll think about this and give you an answer."
Qiu Shui was very cautious, after all, it was a transaction worth over 100 billion.
There was no way he would agree just out of enthusiasm.
He still had to go back and find out what was being auctioned at the auction, and then based on his own abilities, decide whether to agree to this matter.
Long Wenxiu smiled faintly and said, "It should be. It will take two days to sort and pack the items Mr. Qiu bought at the auction. Two days later, I and other designers will come to Mr. Qiu's house to modify the clothes. By then, I hope to get Mr. Qiu's reply."
"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first." Qiu Shui stood up.
"Okay, Mr. Qiu, take care. Liu Ke, see Mr. Qiu off." Long Wenxiu shouted to the people outside.
Watching Qiu Shui's figure disappear behind the screen, Long Teng picked up the teacup and drank the last sip of tea.
Then he asked Long Wenxiu: "Do you think he will agree? That's not a small amount of money."
Long Wenxiu gently turned the teacup on the table and said, "I don't know."
Long Wenxiu didn't know whether Qiu Shui would agree.
Qiu Shui will definitely investigate the items being auctioned at that auction after he returns.
Those auction items are priceless treasures to their Chinese country. Finally we have the opportunity to let them return to the embrace of the motherland.
No matter what, this opportunity cannot be missed.
"If he is unwilling, then we can only turn to the Murong family and the Zheng family."
If they were not forced to do so, they would never go to those two families.
Led by the auctioneer, Qiu Shui came to the lounge box at the back of the banquet hall.
Lou Yuchen was drinking tea with Mr. Zhang, Ren Yingying and Zhang Jiayun.
After seeing Qiu Shui coming back, the three of them stood up immediately.
Lou Yuchen looked at Qiu Shui with deep eyes.
Qiu Shui smiled at him, then said to Mr. Zhang and the other two, "We have finished our work. Do you want to leave with us?"
Mr. Zhang said politely, "No need to trouble Mr. Qiu, Jiayun has also driven here."
"Yes, I drove here." Zhang Jiayun couldn't help but look at Ren Yingying beside him, wanting to ask her if he wanted to take her home.
But I thought that Ren Yingying must have brought a driver with her. So, Zhang Jiayun didn't say anything in the end.
Unexpectedly, Ren Yingying suddenly said, "Then I'll take Zhang Jiayun's car back."
When Zhang Jiayun heard that Ren Yingying was actually going to ride in his car, he was so surprised that his mouth opened wide.
Ren Yingying looked at Zhang Jiayun and said calmly, "Why, inconvenient?"
"It's convenient, of course it's convenient. It couldn't be more convenient." Zhang Jiayun was ecstatic, his face full of joy that he couldn't hide.
"Then let's go." Qiu Shui looked at Zhang Jiayun who was smiling foolishly and couldn't help shaking his head.
The group of people separated as they walked out to the gate.
Qiu Shui's bodyguards were already waiting at the door.
Seeing Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen coming out, he immediately went to greet them.
There are two more bodyguards in the team than before.
The two men had lurked in the manor in advance and worked as staff members, secretly protecting Qiu Shui's bodyguards.
Now that Qiu Shui and Lou Yuchen have left, of course they have returned to the team.
Just as Qiu Shui and others were preparing to get in the car and leave, suddenly, a middle-aged couple rushed out from the side.
The bodyguards stopped them immediately.
"Mr. Qiu, I am the chairman of Laihua Company, Changzhou. Mr. Qiu, can you give us a few minutes? Just a few minutes."
During the auction, the couple from Changzhou simply muted their cell phones.
It wasn’t until after the auction that I saw several missed calls.
After calling back, they found out that their son had been arrested and taken to the relevant department.
Accused of multiple crimes.
Starting from violating traffic rules, to dangerous driving, endangering public safety, and most seriously, he was also suspected of intentional homicide.
If the multiple charges are proven true, their son will go straight to jail for life.
"Are you Changzhou?" When Qiu Shui heard the name, he narrowed his eyes dangerously and looked at the middle-aged couple in front of him.
"Yes, yes, it's me." Changzhou wanted to make friends with Qiu Shui tonight, but he didn't expect that his own son was actually speeding on the road. Almost hit Qiu Shui's car.
Although the car did not hit Qiu Shui in the end, his son not only did not apologize, but also shouted his name and threatened Qiu Shui.
When Changzhou heard the news, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted from anger.
He tried every means to make friends with the person tonight, but his son actually used his name to threaten him. Completely offended people.
If that kid Chang Weilong was in front of him, he would definitely pick up the belt and beat that rebellious Chang Weilong's butt until it was bruised to pieces.
"Are you here to plead for your son?" Qiu Shui knew their purpose without having to guess.
"Yes." Changzhou responded directly without any beating around the bush.
"Then don't say anything. This isn't the first time your son has gotten into trouble. He hit someone a few days ago, and he almost hit us today. If it weren't for my bodyguard's quick reaction, we would all be lying in the morgue now."
Not long after the bodyguards took Chang Weilong to the relevant department, they sent a message to Qiu Shui. The crime committed by Chang Weilong was discovered.
Chang Weilong just came back from abroad not long ago, but it hasn't been long since he came back. He hit an old man with his car.
In the end, Chang Weilong fled the scene of the accident.
Fortunately, a kind passerby called 120 in time and the ambulance arrived in time and sent the old man to the hospital, so no one was killed.
However, the old man's legs were shattered and he will have to use a wheelchair from now on.
Chang Weilong's father settled the matter with money.
The old man's family did not hold Chang Weilong responsible.
Unexpectedly, just a few days after this incident, Chang Weilong was racing again.
And almost hit Qiu Shui's car.
It was obvious that Chang Weilong had no intention of repenting at all.
Qiu Shui will never tolerate such people.
"Mr. Qiu, I beg you, this is my only son. Please have mercy and let him go."
Mrs. Chang knelt down in front of Qiu Shui and said, "Mr. Qiu, don't worry. I will teach him a lesson after he comes out. I'll make him kneel down and apologize to you. You can beat him or scold him if you want."
Changzhou saw that his wife had knelt down, so he gritted his teeth, put his face aside, and knelt in front of Qiu Shui.
"I know you are very angry now, Mr. Qiu. I also know that my son deserves his punishment. If it were me, I would not forgive him either. But as his father, I must plead for him. Everything else is fine, but I can only plead for the crime of intentional homicide. Can you please spare his life, Mr. Qiu?"
Changzhou gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Mr. Qiu is willing to show some mercy, we are willing to give you 20% of the company's shares."
Although Changzhou is the chairman of Laihua Company, the shares under his name are actually only 40%. His wife also holds 15% of the shares.
If 20% of the shares were given to Qiu Shui, once Qiu Shui and other shareholders united, they would be able to remove him as chairman.
But Changzhou had to do this to save his son.
His son's car was indeed driving too fast at the time, and it was said that he directly crashed into Qiu Shui's car.
In addition, after he got off the car, he said many threatening words to Qiu Shui.
Even though his son did not intend to hit Qiu Shui's car.
But with Qiu Shui's power, he wanted to charge his son with intentional homicide. It's a piece of cake.
Qiu Shui looked at the couple who were kneeling in front of him and begging for mercy. Under the light, they looked particularly embarrassed.
Qiu Shui suddenly thought of his adoptive parents.
He remembered that when he was a child, he fell seriously ill, and his adoptive parents did the same as them, kneeling in front of the doctor and begging him to save him.
The way my adoptive parents knelt on the ground then was almost exactly the same as how they look now.
Qiu Shui couldn't help but close his eyes to prevent others from seeing the emotions revealed in his eyes.
After about four or five seconds, Qiu Shui suppressed all his emotions and opened his eyes.
To the couple kneeling on the ground in front of him, he pointedly said, "I'm in a Demon King brand store in City S. I'm in need of an ordinary clerk who has no background, doesn't ask for compensation, and works hard without complaint."
After hearing this, the Changzhou couple were stunned for a moment.
Changzhou responded immediately.
"We just happen to have such an 'ordinary clerk' at home who can be sent to Mr. Qiu's store."
Mrs. Chang looked at her husband in surprise.
Qiu Shui asked calmly, "How long?"
"Three years."
As soon as Changzhou finished speaking, Mrs. Chang opened her mouth to say something, but was glared back by Changzhou.
Qiu Shui gave them a cold look and said, "Okay, three years. If he violates any of the rules I just mentioned, then your Laihua Company will go bankrupt. Let's go."
Watching Qiu Shui and others' car leave, the Changzhou couple collapsed to the ground.
Mrs. Chang had a sad face and asked Changzhou: "Are you really going to send your son away?"
"Didn't you hear what Mr. Qiu said just now? Not only do we have to send him there, but we also have to make sure he doesn't violate the rules that Mr. Qiu just mentioned. Otherwise, our Laihua Company will be doomed like the Feng family."
When Mrs. Chang heard this, she cried even more sadly.
In the car, Lou Yuchen noticed that Qiu Shui was feeling a little down, so he grabbed Qiu Shui's hand.
He didn't say anything, but just accompanied Qiu Shui silently.
Feeling the warmth coming from Lou Yuchen's hand, Qiu Shui said to Lou Yuchen: "Lou Yuchen, in a few days, can you accompany me back to see my parents? I want them to see you too."
Lou Yuchen looked at Qiu Shui deeply, then nodded and said, "Okay."
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